Spiridon "Špiro" Bocarić ( sr-cyr, Спиридон Шпиро Боцарић; 24 May 1876 – 19 July 1941) was a Serb painter. In addition to a large number of portraits, he also painted several compositions featuring scenes from national history. Bocarić was also one of the pioneers of cinematography of modern-day

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. He was killed during the Genocide of Serbs by fascist Ustashe regime on 19 July 1941 at the Jadovno concentration camp near Gospić and his body was thrown in the Šaran pit.

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Špiro Bocarić - Kneginja Zorka, Narodni muzej u Nišu, 1883.png, Princess Zorka of Montenegro, National Museum of Niš, 1883. The Old Bridge in Mostar, Bosnia 2008 NYR 01984 0089 .jpg, The Old Bridge in Mostar, 1909 Špiro Bocarić - Devojke u narodnoj nošnji, 1915.jpg, Girls in folk costumes, 1915 Spiro Bozzarich Beim Brunnen.jpg, At the Well, 1941 Špiro Bocarić - A Man with a Donkey, signed S. Bozzarich, oil on canvas, 46 x 40 cm.jpg, A Man with a Donkey, 1941 Špiro Bocarić - Serbian Peasant Women, on the reverse on the stretcher inscribed Spiro Bocaric, oil on canvas, 53 x 43 cm.jpg, Serbian Peasant Women, 1941

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Fenix Art article
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